Brake



Au@ 112 wm C. E. ARCHER BRAKE INVENTOR WITNESS:

ATTORN EY C. E. ARCHER BRAKE Filed Aug. 2'7 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 @wenn /fn INVENTOR fr? fun ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented iug. l2, i924.,

CHARLES EDWARD ARCI-IER, OF SUIVI'IER, SOUTH CAROLINA.

BRAKE.

' Application led August 27, 1923. Serial No. 659,661.

T all whom z'zmag/ concern: connected with the bolster and the opening 50 Be it known that I, CHARLES E. ARCHER, 7 of the box 5 has its end closed so that this a citizen of the United States, residing at opening acts as a keeper for the short limb Sumter, in the county of Sumter and State of the member. The long limb will pass of South Carolina, have invented new and entirely through the opening 8 of the box 6 useful Improvements in Brakes, of which with the spring latch 4 engaging the rear 55 the following is a specification. end of the box and thus acting to hold the This invention relates to brakes'for railmember in position. Then the member is way cars, the general object of the invention to be removed to free the beam it is neces- 10 being to provide means for supporting the sary to push in this spring latch before the brake beams so as to eliminate the use of member can be drawn from the boxes. 60 bolts, pins and brake chains. From the foregoing it will be seen that no Another object. of the invention is to l so bolts or pins are used which are liable to be form the parts that the beams can be easily lost or left out and the brake chains are and quickly placed in position or taken also eliminated. The members are simply down. shoved into the boxes, to hold the beam in 65 This invention also consists in certain place, the spring latches automatically lockother features of construction and in the ing the members in position. Then the combination and arrangement of the sevbeam is to be removed the latches are pressed eral parts, to be hereinafter fully described, inwardly so that the members can be withillustrated in the accompanying drawings drawn from the boxes. 70 and specifically pointed out in the appended Lugs 9 are connected with the brake claims. beams to prevent lateral movement of the In describing my invention in detail, refparts.

erence will be had to the accompanying It is thought from the foregoing descripdrawings wherein like characters denote like tion that the advantages and novel features 75 or corresponding parts throughout the sevof my invention will be readily apparent. eral views, and in which p I desire it to be understood that I may Figure l is a plan view of a portion of a -make changes in the construction and in the railway car truck showing the invention in combination and arrangement of the several use. y parts, provided that such changes fall with- S0 Figure 2 is a side view. in the scope of the bappended claims. Figure 3 is an end view. What I claim is Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4L of Figl. A support for a brake beam comprising` ure l. a U-shaped member, boxes for receiving the Figure 5 is a section on line 55 of Figends of the member and a spring latch on 85 ure 1. one end of the member for engaging a part Figures 6, 7 and 8 are detail views. of one box to hold the member in position. In these views 1 indicates the brake beam 2. A support for a bra-ke beam comprising and 2 indicates the bolster. My invention a U-shaped member having one limb longer comprises ifi-shaped members 3 for holding than the other, a pair of boxes for receiving 90 the brake beam, one limb of each member the ends of the limbs, one box having its being shorter than the other and a spring rear closed and engaging the end of the latch 4 being connected with the long limb short limb and a spring latch on the long adjacent the end thereof. The member is of limb for engaging a part of the box to hold T-shape in cross section and its ends are the member in position. held in the boxes 5 and 6 which are formed In testimony whereof I aflix my signs.- with openings 7 and 8 of T-shape to receive ture.

the limbs of the member. These boxes are CHARLES EDWARD ARCI-IER. 

